Time-controlled stock-feeder.



C. DAMINAITI S. 7 TIME CONTROLLED: STOCK FEEDER. APPLICATION FILED cums, 1913.

1,076,193. Patented O0t.21,1913.

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K/VW WW CHARLES DAMINAITIS, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

- TIME-CONTROLLED STOCK-FEEDER.

Specification of Letters Itatent.

Patented Oct. 21,1913.

Application filed January 8, 1913. Serial No. 740,822.

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that 1, CHARLES DAMINAlTIS, citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Time-Controlled Stock-Feeders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a time controlled stock feeder, particularly adapted and intended for feeding poultry.

The object of the invention is to form an improved device of the kind, which is capable of being hung or stood in any desired location, the feed hopper being controlled by a clock operated device, and below the hopper is a spreader which serves to distribute the grain, and also serves as a base or stand to supportthe hopper when desired to be placed on the floor or ground. The hopper is also provided with a bail whereby it be hung up it desired.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which" Figure 1 is a front view of the device; Fig. 2 is a side view of the hopper. Fig. 3 is a back view of the whole device. Fig. l i a vertical section of the hopper.

Referring spccitically to the drawings. 7 indicates a hopper in which the grain or other feed is. placed, and this has a hinged valve 8 at its lower end providedf with a curved finger or projection in which is a vertical hole adapted to receive the lower cud of a rod ll which works through guide 10 on the back of the hopper and: is connected at' its upper end to the alarm key 12 of an ordinary alarm clock 6. Other timing devices may be substituted for the alarm clock. The

hopper has a bail 16 by which it'may be hung up, and has a hinged lid at the serves the purpose of a base and also the function ot' a spreader to distribute the grain. \Vhen hung up by the bail 16 the spreader hangs under the hopper and so distributes the grain.

in operation when'the key 12 turns at the appointed time it pulls up the rod 11 a sutiicient distance to detach itslower end from the hole in the finger 9, which permits the door or valve 8 to open and discharge the grain onto the spreader which is suspended by the legs 13.

I'cla-im:

A portable stock 'feeder' comprising a hopper having a valve at the bottom, a bail attached to the hopper for carrying the same, a clock mounted on top of the hopper, con trolling connections between the clock and the valve. and extending beside the hopper,.a conical spreader locatedundcr the hopper and forming a base for the't'eeder, and a plurality of spaced legs rigidly connected between the hopper and the inclined sides of the spreader, to support the hopper.

ln tcstin'iony wherwf, I do allix my sig-' nature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES DA M IN IT I S. \Vitnesseszi Jon A. 031 .unmuny'.

J. B. Davis. 

